As a companion piece for her cantata The Measure of a Tree, Janet has composed a setting of Kate Wakeling’s poem ‘and a tree’ for the Scunthorpe Co-operative Junior Choir. Kate’s poem was commissioned by the Poetry Society to celebrate the decoration of the annual Trafalgar Square Christmas Tree in 2022. Janet chose to set this text because it echoed many of same ideas explored by ‘The Measure of a Tree’. She has dedicated her…